The Medical Informatician

Because of your clinical background and medical expertise, you are the ideal candidate to fill the unique jobs being created in the healthcare sector. Through your experience and knowledge, you are sensitive to the concerns of the clinical staff and can be a liaison between the clinicians and the information technology department in addressing health information technology issues.

There are numerous unique career paths available to you in the health care industry. The health informatics program at the University of Illinois at Chicago can prepare you to pursue any of those career opportunities and implement information systems that enhance the quality of care provided throughout the health system.

Why Choose Health Informatics?

The Health Informatics degree program at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) encompasses all of the health informatics sub-disciplines, including medical informatics, allowing health care providers such as physicians to complement their medical training with a comprehensive informatics education.

Our Master of Science in Health Informatics degree program can equip you to lead the planning, implementation and optimization of knowledge management through health information systems for major health organizations. Our Post-Master’s Certificate in Health Informatics is perfect for physicians and other medical professionals who already hold a graduate or professional degree and are interested in pursuing a career in medical informatics.

Experience the Industry’s Premier Informatics Program

CAHIIM Accredited – the first master’s-level health informatics program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM)

Recognized – the nation’s largest health informatics program

Experienced – faculty are nationally recognized industry experts

Connected – elite network of classmates and alumni at the forefront of the industry

Flexible – enables multidisciplinary communication among students where expertise may be expanded to include the attitudes/perceptions of professionals outside of health IT

Careers

One of the advantages of earning your master’s degree or certificate from the University of Illinois at Chicago is you can qualify for many different types of positions at a wide variety of organizations. Our health informatics program is designed not only to focus on the implementation and optimization of information systems, but also to create the infrastructure that connects and enables the flow of critical information to and from each of the stakeholders in a patient’s care.

It is comprehensive enough to complement the skills of any professional background. As a result, you can find opportunities within hospitals and other healthcare providers, public health organizations, research laboratories, medical software firms, insurance agencies, pharmaceutical companies and education institutions.

Many physicians are choosing to pursue a role such as chief medical officer with a large integrated delivery system (IDS), while others are becoming physician executives with healthcare IT vendors or consulting firms. Whichever path you choose, UIC’s objective is to help you find your way into a fulfilling career doing what you love – providing quality care to the patients you serve.